The New Old Economy: Oil, Computers, and the Reinvention of the Earth
The New Economy is based on the production of knowledge. The Old Economy is based on natural resources and the production of physical goods. Now the line between them is beginning to blur. A New Old Economy is making productivity surge and ushering in an Age of Plenty.
by Jonathan Rauch

Why McDonald's Fries Taste So GoodThis article is no longer available on the web.
Mysterious, man-made "natural flavor" explains why most fast food -- indeed, most of the food Americans eat -- tastes the way it does.
by Eric Schlosser

Web only: Unhappy Meals
In an Atlantic Unbound interview, Eric Schlosser talks about his new book, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal.

The Indoctrinologists Are Coming
Health-care activists increasingly lay the blame for disparities in treatment -- and even for illness itself -- on racism, sexism, and other forms of bias. That argument, the author contends, is demonstrably wrong and decidedly dangerous.
by Sally Satel

Television:I Hear America Scatting
Ken Burns's documentary Jazz is enjoyable television, but in taking on the entire history of jazz Burns doomed himself to incompleteness and superficiality.by Francis Davis

Coming next month: Word Fugitives
Barbara Wallraff's acclaimed Atlantic Unbound column is coming back -- in print! Look for it in the February, 2001, issue of The Atlantic. Meanwhile, there's no need to wait to send us your fugitive words... [read more].